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UH should detail how it spends donations

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 05, 2012

~~<p>The nonprofit University of Hawaii Foundation raised a huge increase in contributions in the past year to benefit students, faculty, research and programs but, as it has in the past, has chosen not to make public the specifics.</p><p>The foundation's confidential treatment of the expenditures is understand- able, since it is a private organization, but the university itself should be open about how it uses the benefits.</p>~~

The nonprofit University of Hawaii Foundation raised a huge increase in contributions in the past year to benefit students, faculty, research and programs but, as it has in the past, has chosen not to make public the specifics.

The foundation's confidential treatment of the expenditures is understand- able, since it is a private organization, but the university itself should be open about how it uses the benefits. Login for more...